Duvet cover extension "tongue" for tucking under mattress.

[Sgtmajormummy]

This is a long-standing gripe of mine. To stop duvet hogging, we like to tuck it in at the bottom but that means we lose valuable coverage at the top!
So, inspired by another current thread, I'm asking MN to give me the benefit of their collective wisdom. All comments will be gratefully received!

So far, I have thought of:

1. A strip of cotton with buttonholes to fasten poppers through. My sewing skills could just about manage this.
2. Velcro at the bottom of the duvet to add a t-shaped piece of cloth which then sticks out of the opening. Obvious duvet wrestling problems there.

Go for a weekend in Amsterdam and stock up on bed linen at Hema. Their covers come with just such a flap.

Just get a bigger duvet one for a superking or something otherwise you will have to sew bits on to every cover you own!

These are the ideas I haven't yet thought through:

1. Something involving ribbons tied around the poppers.
2. Safety pins!

Does your bed have bedposts/legs? If so, how about some ribbons sewn to the bottom of the duvet to tie it to the bedposts at the bottom of the bed.

You get these in some hotels. They are the work of the devil.

Trouble is, I have a real passion for duvet covers (must have about 30 for 4 people) so I want to make a system that stays with the quilt.

get single duvets

Rather than safety pins, use those big nappy pins that have a safety closure, no risk of them springing undone. I use them to hold my fitted sheet on (it pops off my overly deep mattress).

I get a big bedspread and use it to hold the duvet in place , so it covers the bottom third of the bed and tucks in well under the mattress.

I quite like the idea of elasticated corner tethers to the feet of the bed. Might cause night-time duck feet, though!

Why not switch to the German system of a single duvet each, my sister did it as My BIL rolls the duvet round himself, she recommends it!

Sorry, just spent five minutes on the "slaapkamer" page of Hema. My browsing porn is more like Justlinens.uk but now I just need this hack to make my life complete!

wiggly are German duvets short, like Austrian ones where you have to choose between covering your feet or your shoulders? Plenty of laughs that holiday, I can tell you!

Georgethesecond that's an idea I've tried but DH is a wriggler and the quilt goes astray. A double is my favourite for cosying up, too!

german duvets are 200 or 220cm long. so well long enough for tall people. as long as you don't try to tuck them in under the matress at the foot end.

I don't think so Sgt, DH and I experienced the duvet each experience in a hotel in Berlin, they seemed like fairly big single duvets it was a huge bed. I am too frugal to replace my present duvet and nice orla kiely ( from the sale) covers but I will def consider it when I need new ones.

So, my weekend sewing project includes making clip-ended tethers, a bit like grandmother's suspenders (the mind boggles!) and sewing buttonholes along the long edge of a teatowel to try on a single size cover. Plus a packet of extra strong nappy pins!
I'll keep checking in for any more ideas. This is my first post on MN and I'm very grateful not to have been flamed as a desperate housewife!

Won't the button holes on the tea towel need to be on the short side?

I could go crazy and do both!

You can order from the Hema online now OP:m.hemashop.com/gb/shop/bedroom/bed-linen/duvets-and-fitted-sheets?fh_view_size=24

m.hemashop.com/gb/shop/bedroom/bed-linen/duvets-and-fitted-sheets?fh_view_size=24 would be handy so you can click on it!

They have about an extra 10 to 15cm of fabric so the cover is longer than the actual duvet the whole way along. Works perfectly. It would probably be easiest to just sew an extra strip on your duvet covers? It doesn't need to be pretty as it just gets tucked in (or do you not have a foot on your bed?)

Thanks for that, my Dutch is non-existent! Hmmm, the word "flap" is interesting. Extra tucking in possibilities. By the way, we have a super-king size ottoman bed, so no footer.

I just took out my only la redoute single duvet for my daughter's bed & found just such a long flap. I thought it was fab! Disclaimer: said duvet cover is at least 8 years old!